cellow,
sayang. c2 get well soon.
sg_sc,
yes, its heartpain to see them fall but being a 2nd time mummy, i'm more immune to it liao. evil hoh.
chips & chlosper,
what this evil mummy did during #1's time and even now. this mummy's idea is no need to child proof the house cos they will need to learn and we can't protect them forever.
i only place 2 corner protector in my whole house and they are on my tv consol. i got a playmat between sofa and tv consol for them. no restriction on where they want to crawl and go. nobody follows them around too. they can hold on to anything to stand up, be it sofa, high chair's legs or anything that they can reach. nobody stops them. they can open and close drawers, nobody stops them too. only when they fall and cry then we will go 'rescue' them by carrying and hug them to stop them from crying. after they stop crying, go back to that spot and tell them they should be careful and not to do certain things to prevent themselves from falling.
both of their little fingers got caught by the drawers before and they cry in pain. after 2-3 times, they dare not play with it anymore. or they will open the drawer but no close it cos scare their fingers get caught again. #2 is more timid, i just need to call her if i see it, she will not dare to touch, turn her body and start to cry.
to me, only when they fall then they get to learn from their mistake. of course, we don't purposely leave them on high place and let them fall from there lah. any fall from learning to crawl and stand is ok to me.
